Numbers 51 and 53 and Attached Front Railings

NUMBERS 51 AND 53 AND ATTACHED FRONT RAILINGS, 51 AND 53, PARK STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1282168
Date first listed:
04-Mar-1977
List Entry Name:
Numbers 51 and 53 and Attached Front Railings
Statutory Address:
NUMBERS 51 AND 53 AND ATTACHED FRONT RAILINGS, 51 AND 53, PARK STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1282168
Date first listed:
04-Mar-1977
Date of most recent amendment:
30-Dec-1994
List Entry Name:
Numbers 51 and 53 and Attached Front Railings
Statutory Address 1:
NUMBERS 51 AND 53 AND ATTACHED FRONT RAILINGS, 51 AND 53, PARK STREET

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:
NUMBERS 51 AND 53 AND ATTACHED FRONT RAILINGS, 51 AND 53, PARK STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
ST 58198 73002

Details

BRISTOL

ST5873SW PARK STREET 901-1/10/172 (South West side) 04/03/77 Nos.51 AND 53 and attached front railings (Formerly Listed as: PARK STREET (South West side) Nos.51, 53, 57, 59, 65-69 and 75-89 (Odd))

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Terrace of 2 houses, now shops. From 1762, completed c1800, partly rebuilt c1950. By Thomas Paty. Limestone ashlar, party wall stacks and a pantile mansard roof. Double-depth plan. Late Georgian style. Each of 3 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Rusticated ground floor to No.51 with a C20 plate-glass window, and a right-hand doorway with Doric pilasters, triglyphs and pediment, fanlight and 6-panel door, C20 shop front to No.53; banded upper pilasters, plat band, cornice and parapet, and first-floor sill band. 6/6-pane sashes, and paired dormers. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings to front steps. Park Street was severely damaged by c1940 bombing. No.51 is the most complete survivor. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 209).

Listing NGR: ST5819472994

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Legacy System number:
380122
Legacy System:
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Sources

Books and journals
Gomme, A H, Jenner, M, Little, B D G, Bristol, An Architectural History, (1979), 209

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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